The Markets

Wall Street had a stunning recovery today, rebounding from last Friday's furious sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average closed with its third-largest point gain, rising 110.55 points to 5,581.00. Other indexes also rose: The NYSE's composite index was up 3.01 at 342.75, the Standard & Poor's 500 composite went up 6.52 to 640.02, and the NASDAQ composite index was at 1,078.83, up15.10. In London, gold finished at $396.05, up $0.20.